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Plicochonetes
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Subphylum:
Rhynchonelliformea
Class:
Strophomenata
Order:
Productida
Suborder:
Chonetidina
Superfamily:
Chonetoidea
Family:
Rugosochonetidae
Subfamily:
Plicochonetinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Plicochonetes PAECKELMANN, 1930, p. 222
Type Species:
Chonetes buchianus de KONINCK, 1843, p. 208, OD
Images
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Fig. 270, 1a-c. *P. buchianus (de Koninck), lower Namurian, Yorkshire, a, ventral valve exterior, x1.5 (de Koninck, 1847b), b, ventral valve interior, x3 (Muir-Wood, 1962), c, dorsal valve interior, X3^mathbf3 (de Koninck, 1847b).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Europe, Asia, northern Africa, Australia, North America
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Carboniferous
Beginning International Stage:
Tournaisian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
359.3
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Upper Carboniferous (Namurian)
Ending International Stage:
Bashkirian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
48.4
Ending Date:
319.4
Description
Shell small to medium, ventral valve medianly arched, pseudodeltidium small or absent, shell surface costate, rarely bifurcating, with numerous growth lines, spines high angled ( 55^{\\circ} to 70^{\\circ} ), dorsal valve with well-developed median septum, or without, short, curved, inner socket ridges
References
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Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Subphylum:
Rhynchonelliformea
Class:
Strophomenata
Order:
Productida
Suborder:
Chonetidina
Superfamily:
Chonetoidea
Family:
Rugosochonetidae
Subfamily:
Plicochonetinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Plicochonetes PAECKELMANN, 1930, p. 222
Type Species:
Chonetes buchianus de KONINCK, 1843, p. 208, OD
Images
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Fig. 270, 1a-c. *P. buchianus (de Koninck), lower Namurian, Yorkshire, a, ventral valve exterior, x1.5 (de Koninck, 1847b), b, ventral valve interior, x3 (Muir-Wood, 1962), c, dorsal valve interior, X3^mathbf3 (de Koninck, 1847b).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Europe, Asia, northern Africa, Australia, North America
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Carboniferous
Beginning International Stage:
Tournaisian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
359.3
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Upper Carboniferous (Namurian)
Ending International Stage:
Bashkirian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
48.4
Ending Date:
319.4
Description
Shell small to medium, ventral valve medianly arched, pseudodeltidium small or absent, shell surface costate, rarely bifurcating, with numerous growth lines, spines high angled ( 55^{\\circ} to 70^{\\circ} ), dorsal valve with well-developed median septum, or without, short, curved, inner socket ridges